• ENERGY. The Podesta Group has been hired by Progress Energy Service Co. to lobby “Environmental Protection Agency regulations,” according to lobbying disclosure records. Paul Brathwaite, former executive director for the Congressional Black Caucus, and Jaime Harrison, a former aide to Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.), are lobbying for the company.

Ridge Policy Group has been hired by Shipley Energy to lobby on “issues related to energy production and distribution” and “issues regarding credit card interchange fees,” according to lobbying disclosure records. Mark Holman, a former aide to ex-Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge, is lobbying for the company.

• TRADE. Monument Policy Group has been hired by JP Morgan Chase Bank to lobby on “issues related to Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation,” according to lobbying disclosure records. C. Stewart Verdery Jr., a former Homeland Security Department aide, and Timothy Punke, former trade counsel to the Senate Finance Committee, are lobbying for the bank.